Our Instructors
Erin E. King is a studio artist and ceramics instructor based in the oak woodlands of Sonoma County, California. She hand-builds vibrant, functional pottery designed to bring beauty and playfulness to the table and home.
Her work blends traditional handbuilding techniques with layered surface decoration, incorporating printmaking methods, sgraffito, hand-carved stamps, underglaze, and slip. Drawing inspiration from the natural world, street art, and textile design, Erin creates bold, tactile pieces that invite daily use.
Passionate about building community through creativity and shared making, Erin teaches handbuilding and surface design workshops and classes across Sonoma County. Find out more at eekceramics.com.
Miles McCreary is a potter and cook from Berkeley, CA. In 2016, while working as a line cook, Miles found himself obsessing over the handmade pottery used in the restaurant. He enrolled in a wheel-throwing class at The Potters' Studio in Berkeley, and fell in love with making pots. From 2017-2019 Miles lived in Asheville, North Carolina and absorbed as much as he could from the incredible craft community in that area, including taking classes at the Penland School of Craft. He then returned to California and completed a 2-year stint as an Artist-in-Residence at the Mendocino Art Center. Miles holds a BA in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Sustainable Food Systems from The Evergreen State College, and whether he is cooking or making pots to fill the table, food continues to be the through line in his work life.
Jeff Sugarman loves the tactile sense of throwing on the wheel and the meditative state that comes with making ceramics.
Jeff studied ceramics with Jeff Margolin at UC Berkeley from 1982-1986 and has shown his work in San Francisco, Petaluma, Seattle and San Diego.
Jeff’s pieces are generally wheel thrown but often combine wheel and hand built elements.
Most of my work involves the construction of vessels and large open platters.
Rossana Naum-Stoian is a teaching artist, living in Sonoma County for the last 4 years. She has worked across many mediums including textiles, painting and printmaking, but clay has been her biggest and most connected passion. She discovered her love of teaching art in the last couple of years and now leads art classes in partnership with several organizations and studios. She loves teaching adults how to throw on the wheel and handbuild to gain skills that will allow them to explore every creative inspiration they have. Her latest creative exploration is metalsmithing and jewelry making, which has inspired her to include mixed materials (including metal) in her ceramic work.
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